Ty Cobb

News about Ty Cobb, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Apr. 29, 2012

Box Seats column by baseball writer Jim Reisler recounts an incident in 1912 when Detroit Tigers center fielder Ty Cobb, a notorious brute who ruled the baseball world in the era before Babe Ruth, attacked a fan and was suspended, leading to a strike by his teammates. MORE

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Ray Hayworth, a longtime catcher who was the last surviving teammate of Ty Cobb on the Detroit Tigers and the oldest living former major league player, died Wednesday at a nursing home in Salisbury, N.C. He was 98. When Hayworth made his debut in...

September 28, 2002, Saturday

Rickey Henderson promised he would slide into home plate to mark his ascension as baseball's career runs leader. When the moment arrived yesterday, he kept his word. Henderson passed Ty Cobb by hitting a home run for No. 2,246 and celebrated --...

Rickey Henderson has never been one to rush to get to spring training, but this is ridiculous. Henderson won't be reporting for spring training any time soon because he has nowhere to report to. After 21 years in the major leagues, 1,370 stolen...

February 18, 2001, Sunday

''Cobb,'' which had a limited run in a production by the Melting Pot Theater last spring, reopened yesterday off Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher Street, Greenwich Village. Following are excerpts of a review by Bruce Weber that...

November 9, 2000, Thursday

An autographed jersey signed by Ty Cobb fetched $332,500 at auction yesterday in New York, a day after one that once belonged to Lou Gehrig went for $305,000. The Hall of Famers' garments were part of Sotheby's Barry Halper Collection of Baseball...